Window of road vehicles



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Patented June 20, 1922.

F. J. FH-ZESi wlNDow or ROAD VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28. 1922.

Illlllllllll I l I nl y F, 1. BEES.

- WkNDOW 0F ROAD VEHICLES.

.APPLICATION FlLED MAR. 28, 1922.

nection with the dow fittings for TES;

FREDERICK JAMES nuns; or Lennon, ENGLAND.

wnir'now or' Roan vncIcLEs.

Specification of Lett-ers Patent.

Patented June 1922.

application me@ Marca 2s, 192e.l serial mi. 547,522.

.To all lwhom. it mag/comm.: j

' Be it known that FREDERICK JAMES Rans,- of Great Britain," re. siding at London, England, has invented cermprovements in Con- Windows of Road Vehicles,

a subject of the King tain newand useful of which .the following is aspecification.

; Thisinvention relates to'that class of winrnotor road vehicles in which the grooved runners are providedv '.in the l vbody andi'doors with folding grooved -runners at the that a window-positioned within the grooved runners in the body or door can be raised:

f and held between the folding runners and when lowered intoA the fixed runners the folded runners can b e'folded on to the win# f dow eitherin the same plane or one upon Y l rant slots at'the upper end of each U to each 'pair of plates,

Now the'object vehicles and especially those using a collapsible hood in an improved manner and whereby the u sual folding `mid` pillars are dispensed with.

My invention "comprises a window fitting for road vehicles consisting of two U shaped runners, closedor not at the bottom and fitted within the door or side on opposite sides, plates having a bearing piece or vquadshaped runner, a U shaped-'folding runner pivoted a'nose piece on each folding 'runner 'next to the. pivotal points and having a lshaped portion to rest upon the bearers ofthe plates lorpins to ride in the quadrant slots one folding runner being pivoted at a llower level than the other, the

' folding runnersbeing placed each in/line with the other runners to allow of a window situated in the runners being' closed and folded one on top of the other when the win#y dow is open.

My invention 'will be v('zlearly-'und-ers'toodtop p'art of the door'whih folding runners' can be Vpositioned vertically so' ofthis invention to con l struct `such fittings for the windows of road the body'on.v

Figure --Figure 5 is aplan on an enlarged scale of one U vrunner and one folding U runner and the plate and showing the folding U runner. 1`

For the purpose of my invention I make' each half fittingl from a U shaped runner bearings for the j of metal having the side walls of equal depth or one of greater depth than'the other and 'at the upper end I secure or form 4one or two plates 2, 2, preferably two, lone on either side such plates 2,A 2, carrying a bearilig v3 and la bearing piece Lbetween them i :or it may be a quadrant slot'.'A AThese run-l vners 1 are of alength to. receive more than .the window 5'and are closed in at the bot-l 70` 'tom 6 to holdthe window 5, and are pref` 'i erably received within a window-receiving cavity in the body of the vehicle, To each plate 2 in the bearings 3 .is pivoted another U shaped folding runner 7, each folding runner having a projecting nose piece 8 atits pivotall end which when the` runners 7 are-folded down abut against the bearing piece 4 whereby the runners 7 are held in the horizontalposition. The bearings 3 are preferably so positioned within thecavities below the mouth .thereof a suf.

ficientl distance so that the runners 7 when folded will lie entirely within said cavities, the window being preferably of such dimensions as to be adapted,.whenreceived within the cavity, to be spaced from the mouth thereof.

Two of these runners 1 arescrewed to the vinside of a door withthe folding runners 7 Awhen opened out projecting therefrom and to these runners 1 may be screwed the frame -carrying the usual padding and fence plate the usual garnish rail being outsidejthe door r -or such runners may be of the vehicle in' the same way. g

windowsthe'door 9 or doors may. be pro# vided'with' my appliance andalso the sides 10 and the foldingrunners may also be formed to'assist lin carrying the hood, that is to say the .front posts 8a carrying the front glass may beaixed as is usual and my appliances may be affixed to a door 9 and vopposite sides ofthe drivers seatV andthe door and body on'opposite sides 'of-therearseats'and inl this case onone side i when the folding runners 7am-Opened out lthosel onfthe door or body will but-against securedto the body In fvehicles whollyA enclosed by a hood'and the lefehfna side 55. of Figure 3. f w

the front pillar 8f asin Figurfe 1, whi1stv110- those at the rear of the door 9 and the front of the side window or rear door will abut against. each other as at Figure l and those at the back of the side l() or rear door will abut against the hood pillar or support l1 and the hoop sticks or the folding member can vbe enga/ged with the free ends of the. foldingr runner not employed on a door to hold them in position the ends of such folding runners being shaped accordingly;

As will be understood the windows. whet-herfof all glass or framed, can be raised and lowered'in the runners 1 and when lowered 'the folding runners 7 are folded down upon one another as in Figure 3 so as to leave the top of the door 9.0i` the side l() perfectly free and to allow of the folding runners 7 lying level I hinge one at a lower level than the other for each pair, the nose piece 8 'resting on the bearing piece 4 or the slots riding on the pins until the other y ends of the quadrant are reached when the folding runners will be held properly, and to ensure a more solid resistancev to the runners 1 carrying the lower pivoted folding runners 7 I may form its bearing piece l With a nose 4 against Which the end 8h on' nose piece 8 rests when the runner is lowered the higher plvoted runner 7 resting on the lower pivot-ed runner 7 obviates the use of the nose 4a oir the runner l on the other side of the Window`\ l Each half fitting,r may he connected at the bottom by a U strip 12 if desired.

What l do claim as my invention and desire to secure b v Letters Patent is l. A window fitting for vehicles. comprising Ushaped runners adapted to fit between the walls of the pockets in the vehicle body. plates at the upper end of said runners having bearing piecesl thereon` foldable U-shaped runners pivoted to the upper end of said firsty named runners and havingr portions thereof adjacent the pivot shaped to rest against said bearing pieces when the pivoted runners are folded, whereby -the foldable runners may be supported in a horizontal position between the pocket walls.

2. In a vehicle having window-receiving cavities. U-shaped runners withinl said cavities and windows adapted when received within said cavities to be spaced a distance from the mouths of the cavities. U-shaped foldable runners pivoted to said first named runners below the mouth of said cavity, triangular bearing pieces on said first named runners and triangular nose pieces on said foldable runners adapted to fit against the bearing pieces to maintain the foldable runners in horizontal posit-ion independently of other support when folded within the cavity.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FREDERICK JAMES BEES. 

